2012 (17th) Busan International Film Festival

Profile

Film Festival: Busan International Film Festival
Edition: 17th
Period: October 4-13, 2012
Location: Busan, South Korea

Awards

New Currents Award - "36" - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand)
Flash Forward Award - "Flower Buds" - Zdenek Jirasky (Czech Republic)
BIFF Mecenat Award Asia - "Embers" - Tamara Stepanyan (Lebanon/Qatar/Armenia)
BIFF Mecenat Award Korea - "Anxiety" - Min Hwan-Ki (South Korea)
Sonje Award Asia - "A Little Farther" - Nikan Nezami (Iran)
Sonje Award Korea - "The Night of the Witness" - Buem Park (South Korea)
FIPRESCI Award - "36" - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand)
NETPAC Award - "Jiseul" - O Muel (South Korea)
DGK Award - Director - O Muel ("Jiseul") / Shin Youn-Sik ("The Russian Novel")
DGK Award - Actor - Shim Hee-Sub, Ahn Jae-Hong, Kim Chang-Hwan ("Sunshine Boys")
DGK Award - Actress - Jang Yeong-Nam ("Azooma")
Movie Collage Award - "Jiseul" - O Muel (South Korea)
KNN Award - Touch of the Light
Citizen Reviewers' Award - "Jiseul" - O Muel (South Korea)
Busan Cinephile Award - "5 Broken Cameras" - Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi (Palestine/Israel/France/Netherlands)
Asian Filmmaker of the Year - Koji Wakamatsu

Program (East Asian films listed only)

Opening Film

"Cold War" - Lok Man Leung, Sunny Luk (Hong Kong, China) *World Premiere

Gala Presentation

"B·E·D" - Park Chul-Soo (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Dangerous Liaisons" - Hur Jin-Ho (China)
"Doctor" - Kim Sung-Hong (South Korea) *World Premiere
"El Condor Pasa" - Jeon Soo-Il (South Korea) *World Premiere
"National Security" - Chung Ji-Young (South Korea) *World Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

"10+10" - various (Taiwan)
"A Motor Home Adventure" - Yang Lu (China) *World Premiere
"All Apologies" - Emily Tang (China)
"An End to Killing" - Ping Wang (China)
"Beautiful 2012" - various (Hong Kong/China)
"Beijing Flickers" - Yuan Zhang (China)
"Breakaway" - Ian Lorenos (Philippines) *World Premiere
"Captive" - Brillante Mendoza (Philippines/Germany/France/UK)
"Cold Bloom" - Atsushi Funahashi (Japan) *World Premiere
"Diablo" - Ramon Mez de Guzman (Philippines) *International Premiere
"Distortion" - Nonzee Nimibutr (Thailand) *International Premiere
"Eden" - Masaharu Take (Japan) *World Premiere
"Fly With The Crane" - Rui Jun Li (China)
"Four Stations" - Boonsong Nakphoo (Thailand) *International Premiere
"Full Circle" - Yang Zhang (China) *International Premiere
"Gf*Bf" - Ya-che Yang (Taiwan)
"Hello Goodbye" - Titien Wattimena (Indonesia / South Korea) *World Premiere
"If It's Not Now Then When?" - James Lee (Malaysia) *World Premiere
"Japan's Tragedy" - Masahiro Kobayashi (Japan) *World Premiere
"Like Someone in Love" - Abbas Kiarostami (Japan/France)
"Love in the Buff" - Ho-Cheung Pang (Hong Kong)
"Mekong Hotel" - Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
"Memories Look at Me" - Fang Song (China)
"Mystery" - Ye Lou (China)
"Odayaka" - Nobuteru Uchida (Japan/United States) *World Premiere
"Our Homeland" - Yang Yong-Hi (Japan)
"Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses" - Yosep Anggi Noen (Indonesia)
"Penance - Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)
"Poor Folk" - Midi Z (Taiwan/Myanmar)
"Postcards from the Zoo" - Edwin (Indonesia/Germany/Hong Kong)
"Rent-a-Cat" - Naoko Ogigami (Japan)
"Seven Something" - various (Thailand) *International Premiere
"Shackled" - Lawrence Fajardo (Philippines) *International Premiere
"Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay" - Antoinette Jadaone (Philippines)
"Soegija" - Garin Nugroho (Indonesia)
"The Cremator" - Tao Peng (China)
"The Dancer" - Ifa Isfansyah (Indonesia/France)
"The Land Of Hope" - Sion Sono (Japan)
"Thy Womb" - Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)
"Wildlife" ("Kalayaan") - Adolfo Alix Jr. (Philippines) *International Premiere

New Currents

"36" - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand) *International Premiere
"Apparition" - Vincent Sandoval (Philippines) *International Premiere
"Fatal" - Lee Don-Ku (South Korea) *World Premiere
"The Town Of Whales" - Keiko Tsuruoka (Japan) *International Premeire
"Together" - Chae-Jen Hsu (Taiwan) *World Premiere
"Touch of the Light" - Jung-Chi Chang (Taiwan/Hong Kong) *International Premiere
"Your Time Is Up" - Kim Sung-Hyun (South Korea) *World Premiere

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

"Architecture 101" - Lee Yong-Ju (South Korea)
"Behind the Camera" - Lee Je-Yong (South Korea) *World Premiere
"The Concubine" - Kim Dae-Seung (South Korea)
"Eungyo" - Chung Ji Woo (South Korea)
"Helpless" - Byun Young-Joo (South Korea)
"In Another Country" - Hong Sang-Soo (South Korea)
"My Way" - Kang Je-Gyu (South Korea)
"Nameless Gangster: Rules of The Time" - Yun Jong-Bin (South Korea)
"Perfect Number" - Bang Eun-Jin (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Pieta" - Kim Ki-Duk (South Korea)
"The Taste of Money" - Im Sang-Soo (South Korea)
"Touch" - Min Byung-Hun (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Tumbleweed" - Lee Duk-Hee (South Korea) *World Premiere
"The Ugly Duckling - Kwak Kyung-Taek (South Korea)
"The Weight" - Jeon Kyu-Hwan (South Korea)
"Two Weddings And a Funeral" - Kim Jo Kwang Su (South Korea)
"The Winter of the Year was Warm" - Cho Sung-Kyu (South Korea) *World Premiere

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

"Azooma" - Lee Ji-Seung (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Jiseul" - O Muel (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Love in 42.9" - Choi Wi-Ahn (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Mai Ratima" - Yoo Ji-Tae (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Melo" - Roy Lee (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Over and Over Again" - Kim Byung-June (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Pluto" - Shin Su-Won (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Sunshine Boys" - Kim Tae-Gon (South Korea) *World Premiere
"The Russian Novel" - Shin Youn-Sik (South Korea) *World Premiere
"The Sound of Memories" - Lee Gong-Hee (South Korea) *World Premiere

Wide Angle - Korean Short Film Competition

"The Knitting" - Yoon Eun-Hye (South Korea) *World Premiere (short film)

Wide Angle - Documentary Competition

"Anxiety" - Min Hwan-Ki (South Korea) *World Premiere
"The Cat that Lived a Million Times" - Tadasuke Kotani (Japan/China) *World Premiere
"Forest Dancing" - Kang Seok-Pil (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Go Grandriders" - Tien-Hao Hua (Taiwan) *International Premiere
"Serenade" - Benito Bautista (South Korea) *International Premiere
"Tour of Duty" - Kim Dong-Ryeong, Park Gyeong-Tae (South Korea)
"Wellang Trei" - Kim Tae-Il (South Korea)

Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase

"Beyond School" - Kim Han-Kook (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Captain Kang" - Won Ho-Yeon (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Chiri/Trace" - Naomi Kawase (Japan)
"Three Sisters" - Bing Wang (France/Hong Kong/China)

Wide Angle - Animation Showcase

"The Life of Guskou Budori" - Gisaburo Sugii (Japan)

Open Cinema

"Don't Cry, Mommy" - Kim Yong-Han (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Rurouni Kenshin" - Keishi Ohtomo (Japan) *International Premiere
"Tai Chi 0" - Stephen Fung (China)
"The Thieves" - Choi Dong-Hun (South Korea)
"A Werewolf Boy" - Jo Sung-Hee (South Korea)

Special Screening

"11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate" (listed as "Mishima") - Koji Wakamatsu (Japan)
"The Millennial Rapture" - Koji Wakamatsu (Japan)
"Petrel Hotel Blue" - Koji Wakamatsu (Japan)
"009 Re: Cyborg" - Kenji Kamiyama (Japan)
"Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Solid State Society 3D" - - Kenji Kamiyama (Japan)
"The Great Flight" - Jin Jae-Un (South Korea) *World Premiere
"Comrade Kim Goes Flying" - various (Belgium/United Kingdom/North Korea)
"R2B: Return To Base" (listed as "Soar Into The Sun") - Kim Dong-Won (South Korea)

2012 (17th) Busan International Film Festival

Contents

Profile

Awards

Program (East Asian films listed only)

Opening Film

Gala Presentation

A Window on Asian Cinema

New Currents

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

Wide Angle - Korean Short Film Competition

Wide Angle - Documentary Competition

Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase

Wide Angle - Animation Showcase

Open Cinema

Special Screening